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11:15 AM ET, October 21, 2013

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New York Times:
Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site  —  Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow to issue orders for fixing those flaws, and some contractors worry that the system …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lousy Medicaid Arguments  —  For now, the big news about Obamacare is the debacle of HealthCare.gov, the Web portal through which Americans are supposed to buy insurance on the new health care exchanges.  For now, at least, HealthCare.gov isn't working for many users.
Discussion: Daily Kos
TIME:
No More Apologies: Why Obama Has to Get Mad About His Broken Obamacare Websites  —  Whenever a President of the U.S. stops believing his own spin, the people should take notice  —  When the Obamacare website debuted on Oct. 1, Barack Obama walked into the Rose Garden and compared it to Amazon.com, Kayak.com and the iPhone.
Discussion: First Read, CBS DC and Althouse
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
HealthCare.gov's glitches prompt Obama to call in more computer experts
Discussion: The Week
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House photographer weds in Rose Garden
Discussion: Shakesville, Reuters, CNN and The Impolitic
Jason Millman / Politico:
Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
HHS.gov:
Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov
Reuters:
Obama to call healthcare website glitches ‘unacceptable’ as fix sought
Discussion: NPR, National Review and The Reaction
Justin Sink / The Hill:   ObamaCare enrollees to join president in Rose Garden (Video)
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
GOP, Boehner take shutdown hit in new CNN poll  —  Washington (CNN) — Just more than half the public says that it's bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz: Senate Republicans are ‘single-most damaging thing’ for the GOP in 2014  —  (CNN) - If Republicans suffer losses in next year's mid-term elections because of the recent partial government shutdown, Sen. Ted Cruz said Senate Republicans-not Democrats-will be responsible.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Republicans blame each other after shutdown fiasco  —  Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Jeb Bush say the party needs to pick better battles, but Sen. Ted Cruz vows to fight on.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans began a new week pointing fingers at each other Sunday following a 16 …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Our choice for governor in 2013: none of the above  —  The Times-Dispatch is not endorsing a candidate for governor in 2013.  —  The words that follow should not come as a surprise.  During recent months, numerous editorials in The Times-Dispatch have lamented the gubernatorial campaign.
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Daily Progress:
Bill Bolling for governor
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Roby Brock / Talk Business:
Cong. Tim Griffin Won't Seek Third Term (UPDATED)  —  Second District Cong. Tim Griffin (R) says he will not seek a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, citing his young family as his primary reason.  —  “God has blessed me with a wonderful wife, Elizabeth, and two precious children …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and ABC News
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Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Tim Griffin to Retire After 2 Terms (Updated)  —  Griffin will not return to Congress after 2014.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  Two-term Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., announced Monday that he will not seek a third term in the House, according to a local news outlet.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
CONNECT  —  Cracks are showing in the Democratic coalition as the next round of budget talks gets under way, hurting the chances for progress toward a broad deal that changes the tax code and significantly narrows future deficits.  —  While Republicans are still smarting over nasty infighting …
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Klein Online:
INVESTIGATIVE RADIO SHOW  —  Listen to this shows podcast  —  How Obama is secretly negotiating away United States sovereignty, including some shocking rights.  How the home front is wide open for an Iranian missile attack.  Inside secret White House-brokered talks to divide Jerusalem...and guess who is leading the way!
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Rachel Zarrell / BuzzFeed:
Republican Senator Says Obamacare Would Have Killed Him
Discussion: The Right Pundit
Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
Widow's Bankruptcy Case Poses Risk to Rent-Stabilized Tenants  —  After her husband died, Mary Veronica Santiago fell behind on her bills, and the creditors began to call.  —  So two years ago, she took refuge in bankruptcy, hoping to have her debts wiped away.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Althouse
Stan Schroeder / Mashable:
Facebook Suffers Sitewide Errors for Many Users  —  As of Monday morning, Facebook is experiencing errors across the site.  It won't allow many users to update your status, post comments, send messages or post photos.  Users are also unable to Like posts  —  Trying to update your status …
Discussion: TechCrunch and KDVR.com
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Reid: GOP Will Lose House if Government Shuts Down Again  —  Reid's interview with Univision aired Sunday.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in an interview aired Sunday that Republicans would be at risk of losing their majority in the House …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans Lost the Shutdown Battle, but They're Winning the Fiscal War
Discussion: Yahoo! News
 
 
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John Fund / National Review:
Reality Check for HealthCare.gov
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Dan Goldberg / New Jersey Online:
As midnight strikes, same-sex couples wed across New Jersey
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Billy House / NationalJournal.com:
House Starts What Could Be a Bellwether Week
Discussion: Politico
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
How to Pay Millions and Lag Behind the Market
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Shutdown fuels GOP primaries
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
CBS News:
Dick Cheney's heart
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NPR and Gawker
 Earlier Items: 
Brendan O'Neill / Reason:
Is “Redskins” Really an Offensive Name for a Football Team?
Discussion: Hit & Run and Liberaland
Abigail Haworth / Guardian:
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Spiegel Online:
NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email